Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
A father (Bradley Walsh) and son argue about the screenings at a multiplex, ultimately deciding to go watch football instead.
Factory workers on lunch break sit down to enjoy a Lumiére silent film of workers on lunch break.
A Texas cowboy goes to a movie-theater where he can't decide what non-American movie to watch and asks a ticket seller to suggest him a decent one.
A young projectionist falls in love with a girl in a film
A woman confesses her love to a fellow filmgoer who doesn’t reciprocate.
Iñárritu's contribution to "Chacun son cinema"
Small children rig up a projector to watch a Charlie Chaplin film, only to be scared off by a nosy adult.
A silent film depicting a meeting between Nikita Khrushchev (Michel Piccoli) and Pope John XXIII (Duarte d'Almeida) is screened.
A thief with an ambiguous relationship to a young woman (Deniz Gamze Ergüven) steals her purse during a screening.
Von Trier plays himself, berating and violently hammering a loudmouthed businessman (Jacques Frantz) to death during the premiere of Manderlay.
A blind man (Michael Lonsdale) tells his niece about the time he screened Casablanca to a rural village.
A pickpocket in a screening of Au hasard Balthazar accidentally connects with an audience member
A young boy is enchanted by the arrival of a travelling movie show in his village.
A Palestinian director (Suleiman) is uncomfortable at a film festival.
A family in 1940s Taiwan goes to see a film in a suddenly abandoned or decrepit theatre
In front of a marquee for The 400 Blows, two Brazilian singers trade songs about visiting the Cannes Film Festival.
The inhabitants of a Congo village watch and discuss Black Hawk Down.
A memoir of how the movie Top Hat impacted the director's family throughout the years.
Movie houses in 1930s Poland and present-day Israel are attacked.